“When I was young, I had two older sisters, and since I was the youngest in my family, my mom took me around with her all the time. I was forever with her when she was having coffee in the middle of the afternoon with her three sisters. And they would talk about men. I absorbed a lot of that.” MenTwoYoungThreeForeverMiddleMomMy FamilyMy MomCoffeeAfternoonOlder SisterThree Sisters Author:Richard LaGravenese
“Tony Stewart -- Broke out a new chassis at Pocono Raceway last June and raced to the checkered flag for his first victory of 2003; has finished among the top 10 in all but two of his 10 career starts here; Turn one is probably the easiest of the three, but you've got the challenge of having to downshift in the middle of the corner, .. You go down the backstretch and into the tunnel turn and it's basically one lane.” FirstsTwoLastsTurnsThreeChallengesCareersMiddleVictoryCornersFinishedBrokeFlagsJuneTunnelsLanesTop 10Checkered Author:Tony Stewart
“This was middle school, the age of miracles, the time when kids shot up three inches over the summer, when breasts bloomed from nothing, when voices dipped and dove. Our first flaws were emerging, but they were being corrected. Blurry vision could be fixed invisibly with the magic of the contact lens. Crooked teeth were pulled straight with braces. Spotty skin could be chemically cleared. Some girls were turning beautiful. A few boys were growing tall.” FirstsKidsAgeSchoolBeautifulGirlThreeVoiceVisionBoysGrowingMagicMiddleSummerShotsSkinsMiracleTeethContactFixedBreastsFlawsTallInchesLensesEmergingDoveCrookedMiddle SchoolBracesBlurryContact LensesCrooked Teeth Book:The Age of Miracles Source: The Age of Miracles
“Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into three parts (Kurds in the north, Sunnis in the center, Shi'ites in the south), the Middle East would be exposed to the onslaught of Iranian fanaticism, pro-Western Arab regimes would collapse. Israel would be surrounded by aggressive Islamic fundamentalism, like the Crusader kingdom with the advent of Saladin.” WarWould BePoliticalThreeResultsBreakPlansMiddleSouthCriticsWesternIncludingIraqIsraelEastExpectedKingdomsIslamicAggressiveExposedRegimesMiddle EastCollapseFundamentalismFanaticismIranianAdventKurdsIslamic FundamentalismWar PlansSaladin Author:Uri Avnery
“In the course of the twenty-first century what may be called the "capital wage" could be added to the labor wage and the social wage, so that middle-class Americans - not merely an affluent minority - might derive income from three sources rather than just two.” FirstsMayTwoWisdomMightThreeCoursesPoliticsSocialClassEconomyMiddleCenturySourceLaborTwentiesIncomeLiberalismMinoritiesMiddle ClassAffluent Author:Michael Lind
“I grew up in a remarkable home, the middle of seven children. My parents raised us well. They loved us well. We laughed hard growing up. But being the middle child, I couldn't figure out where I fit in the home, whether I was the youngest of the older three or the oldest of the younger three. When you don't know where you fit inside the home and you're young and you're desperate to fit in somewhere, I'd figured where I would fit outside the home. So I made some bad decisions about who I hung out with, I dropped out of high school, got kicked out of the house.” KnowsWellsChildrenMadeHardHomeSchoolYoungThreeHouseParentDecisionGrowing UpGrowingMiddleFiguresGrewFitGrew UpHigh SchoolRaisedSevenDesperateRemarkableLaughedHungBad DecisionMiddle Child Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“Excellent Sheep is likely to makea lasting mark for three reasons. One, Mr. Deresiewicz spent twenty-four years in the Ivy League, graduating from Columbia and teaching for a decade at Yale.He brings the gory details. Two, the author is a striker, to put it in soccer terms. He's a vivid writer, a literary critic whose headers tend to land in the back corner of the net. Three, his indictment arrives on wheels: He takes aim at just about the entirety of upper-middle-class life in America.Mr. Deresiewicz's book is packed full of what he wants more of in American life: passionate weirdness.” WantYearsTwoBookReasonAmericaThreeTermClassFourTeachingLandMiddleMarkTwentiesAimCriticsPassionateDetailsCornersDecadesSoccerExcellentLeagueWheelsMiddle ClassLastingFour YearsGraduatesSheepVividIvyAmerican LifeWeirdnessYaleColumbiaEntiretyIndictmentIvy LeagueStrikersUpper Middle ClassMiddle Class Life Author:Dwight Garner
“One doesn't actually meditate on the navel. The chakra is located about two or three inches below the navel, at that point there is an energy access sphere in the middle of the body.” TwoBodyThreeEnergyMeditationMiddleBuddhismAccessSpheresInchesChakraChakra MeditationNavel Author:Frederick Lenz
“I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves of books about Tolkien and Middle-earth, and I was like, 'Holy cow, what else am I missing out on?'” BookEarthThreeLordHeardMiddleMissingHolyRingsCowsShelvesBookstoresMissing OutMiddle Earth Author:Sean Astin
“I was helping my mom grind meat at our butcher shop, and it just hypnotized me. I don't remember sticking my hand in, but it sheared off the three middle fingers and left me with a pinkie and a thumb.” HelpingHandsRememberThreeLeftMiddleMomFingersMy MomMeatShopsThumbsGrindButchersMiddle Finger Author:Jon Tester
“I love making movies, and being in any that I can be in. I'd like to be in those giant movies, as the fifth or sixth lead, and have three or four killer scenes. You don't have the responsibility of the entire movie being on you. I like those roles. I'm shooting for the middle.” I CanThreeResponsibilityRolesFourMiddleSceneShootingGiantsKillersFifthLove Making Author:Bill Burr
“When your parents are Middle Eastern immigrants, you have three choices. You can become a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer.” ChoicesThreeParentMiddleDoctorsLawyerImmigrantsEngineersEastern Author:Michael Mina
“Stop in the middle of a sentence, leaving a rough edge for you to start from the nest day - that way, you can write three or five words without being “creative” and before you know it, you're writing.” KnowsWayWritingThreeCreativeFiveMiddleLeavingEdgesSentencesRoughBe CreativeNestsRough Edges Author:Cory Doctorow
“All middle-class novels are about the trials of three, all upper-class novels about mass fornication, all revolutionary novels about a bad man turned good by a tractor.” MenThreeClassNovelMiddleMassTrialsRevolutionaryMiddle ClassBad ManUpper ClassTractors Book:The beauties and furies Source: The beauties and furies
“In the minds of most men, the kingdom of opinion is divided into three territories,--the territory of yes, the territory of no, and a broad, unexplored middle ground of doubt.” MenMindThreeOpinionDoubtMiddleKingdomsBroadsDividedTerritoryMiddle GroundUnexplored Author:James A. Garfield
“There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.” MenLifeYoungPassionThreeMiddleAppetiteThree ThingsMiddle AgedCovetousness Author:Confucius
“I've got three sons, and two of them would absolutely hate being on the stage and never liked appearing in their school plays or musicals, but the middle one absolutely loves it and never shows any sign of nerves or pressure and really gets a kick out of performing. I think it depends entirely on the child. And that applies to anything whether it's sport or entertainment or music or film.” ThinkingChildrenTwoPlayShowsSchoolFilmHateThreeSportsMiddleStageSonDependsPressureEntertainmentPerformingKicksNervesAppearingSchool PlaysThree Sons Author:Piers Morgan
“Being the middle child, I couldn't figure out where I fit in the home. I couldn't figure out whether I was the youngest of the older three or the oldest of the younger three.” ChildrenHomeThreeMiddleFiguresFitMiddle Child Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“Film is cool because it's an hour and a half to two hours. It's a great ride. It's typically three acts - beginning, middle and end. It's going on an adventure and by the end it's all cleaned up.” TwoEndsFilmThreeHoursHalfMiddleAdventureBeginning Middle And EndGoing On An Adventure Author:Chris Pratt
“I ordered a club sandwich, but I'm not even a member. "I like my sandwiches with three pieces of bread." "Well, so do I!" "Then let's form a club." "OK, but we need some more stipulations. Instead of cutting the sandwich once, let's cut it again. Yes, four triangles, arranged in a circle, and in the middle we will dump chips." "How do you feel about frilly toothpicks?" "I'm for 'em!" "Well, this club is formed."” NeedsFeelsWellsHumorFunnyFormThreePiecesFourCuttingMiddleMembersClubsCirclesBreadEmsChipsSandwichesDumpTrianglesToothpicksStipulations Author:Mitch Hedberg
“In a novella, a whole lot of crap can happen, and you can build momentum and suspense and leave room for a surprise or three. Stories are cut down to the most essential elements, and novels (this might be an unfair generalization on my part) are big fat clumsy efforts where the reader can snooze for a couple chapters and miss nothing of consequence. Hence my love for the middle way.” WayWholeStoriesBigsMightHappensThreeRoomsEffortNovelCuttingMiddleMissingReaderCoupleEssentialsElementsConsequenceSurpriseFatsSuspenseChaptersUnfairCrapMomentumClumsyGeneralizationMiddle Way Author:Robert Reed
“There is a dilemma, to reconcile three time scales: in the short term, the economy; in the middle range, global well-being generally; and, in the long range, the environment.” WellsLongThreeTermEconomyEnvironmentMiddleScalesWell BeingRangeThree TimesShort TermDilemmaReconcile Author:Matthieu Ricard
“I feel good hitting in the three-hole. I guess that's where everybody wants to be. You want the responsibility of hitting in the middle of the lineup.” WantFeelsThreeResponsibilityMiddleHolesFeel GoodBe YouHittingI Feel Good Author:Carlos Gonzalez
“I think waking up in the middle of the night and seeing stuff in the dark and thinking it is something scary or demonic. When you first wake up and you see things and you're eyes aren't open and things aren't what they seem. That happened to me like three weeks ago!” ThinkingFirstsSeemsEyeNightThreeStuffDarkSeeingHappenedWeekMiddleWake UpScaryWakingMiddle Of The NightDemonic Author:Daniel Jacobs
“Usually when you do shows you're in the middle of the tour and you're all oiled up and it's just another stop. It's so much pressure for just three minutes. My stomach still hurts.” StillsShowsThreeHurtMiddleMinutesPressureStomach Author:Mark Oliver Everett
“Isn't this a wonderful country? I was in Florida. I'm staying at a motel called the Three Palms. It's run by a middle-aged couple, one of whom is missing a hand. OK! That's what I thought, too! But they got upset when I asked.” CountryHandsRunningThreeWonderfulMiddleMissingCoupleUpsetStayingFloridaPalmsMiddle AgedMotels Author:Emo Philips
“There are three big things going for The Scorpio Races: first, it is set on a beautiful but wild island in the middle of the cold Atlantic Ocean. That would've seduced me as a teen reader. Second, It is full of beautiful but killer horses being trained for a dangerous race. Actually, that would've seduced me as a teen reader as well. At third it involves a very repressed love story with a very Mr. Darcy-like love interest.” FirstsWellsStoriesBigsBeautifulThreeInterestRaceMiddleDangerousColdReaderOceanThirdsHorseLove StoryIslandsKillersBig ThingsLike LoveRepressedDarcyAtlantic OceanScorpiosScorpio Races Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“I read a lot of 'The Canterbury Tales' on my phone last year, because I was cycling between three different editions, and I needed to have a middle-of-the-night edition for the insomniac reading.” DifferentNightThreeReadingMiddleNeededPhonesTalesCyclingMiddle Of The NightInsomniacCanterburyCanterbury Tales Author:Rick Moody
“I had a happy childhood in a nice suburban area, pretty idyllic, upper middle class and very, very white. My dad is an attorney. My mother is a housewife. They had five kids in seven years: me, my brother, and three sisters. I'm the oldest. We were all very active. My mother was exhausted.” YearsKidsMotherThreeWhiteClassFiveNiceChildhoodMiddleBrotherDadAreasSevenMy DadActiveMy BrotherMiddle ClassExhaustedSeven YearsAttorneyHousewifeHappy ChildhoodIdyllicUpper Middle ClassThree Sisters Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“All I really want is a three-room house. The home I have designed at my new farm in Bedford, New York, is a three-room house: bedroom on top, living room in the middle, and kitchen on the ground.” WantHomeThreeHouseRoomsMiddleNew YorkKitchenFarmsBedroomLiving Room Author:Martha Stewart
“I go to the theater two or three times a week when I'm in London. Whereas I feel guilty going to the cinema in the middle of the afternoon.” FeelsTwoThreeWeekMiddleTheaterLondonGuiltyCinemaAfternoonThree Times Author:Eddie Redmayne
“I've never planned ahead.I just sort of go through life checking the menu of three meals that day. I never worry about tomorrow. It's only since I've gotten older that I've begun to wonder about time running out. Is it sufficient unto itself that I don't plan? Because maybe next Thursday won't come one day. And then, I'm concerned about that. But that's not uniquely the writer's concern, that's the concern of every middle-aged man who looks in the mirror.” MenLooksRunningThreeNextWonderWorryPlansMiddleTomorrowOne DayConcernConcernedMirrorsSufficientMealsMiddle AgedMenusThursdayTime Running Out Author:Rod Serling